Culture
‘Applause’ musical review: An impressive revival
July 29, 2026Some might find parts of the show outdated, but overall the musical has lots of energy and talent.
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A Jakarta childhood ends: Tari Lang bears witness to Indonesia’s 1965 bloodbath
July 23, 2026The book shows the 1965-1966 Indonesia killings—which remain, by body count, one of the great atrocities of the twentieth century, one of the least prosecuted, and least apologized for—through a teenage girl's eyes.
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‘Waiting in the Wings’ theater review: Women led play boldly tackles taboos on death and old age
July 22, 2026Playwright Coward showed courage going against the grain with a woman-centered play about those ultimate taboos: Death and old age, especially afflicting those whom Simone de Beauvoir dubbed “The Second Sex.”
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Pat Oliphant, prizewinning giant of political cartooning, dies at 90
July 22, 2026The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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Sports and politics: No longer strange bedfellows
July 21, 2026"Sports, far from being remote from the social and economic reality of the societies around it, continues to mirror the corruption and inequality of these societies."
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